Soviet Americana - The Cultural History of Russian and Ukrainian AmericanistsPevná vazba
Soviet Americana - The Cultural History of Russian and Ukrainian AmericanistsPevná vazba In 1991, there were more than 1,000 "Americanists" - experts in U.S. The Americanist community played a vital…
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Soviet Americana - The Cultural History of Russian and Ukrainian AmericanistsPevná vazba
In 1991, there were more than 1,000 "Americanists" - experts in U.S. The Americanist community played a vital role in the Cold War, as well as in large part directing the cultural consumption of Soviet society and shaping perceptions of the U.S. history and politics - working in the Soviet Union.
To shed light onto this important, yet under-studied, academic community, Sergei Zhuk explores the personal histories of prominent Soviet Americanists, considering the myriad cultural influences - from John Wayne's bravado in the film Stagecoach to Miles Davis - that shaped their identities, careers, and academic interests.Zhuk's compelling account draws on a wide range of understudied archival documents, periodicals, letters, and diaries as well as more than 100 exclusive interviews with prominent Americanists to take the reader from the post-war origins of American studies,